How do you define loyalty? (Night Cops Blog)

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 7:37pm

I was at a cold game today. The windy, cold and cloudy weather may be a part of the reason a sold-out crowd had almost emptied out of the stadium by the middle of the fourth quarter. Oh yeah, and the home team was losing pretty badly.

But what happened to all the talk of loyal fans. Loyal in the dictionary is connected with faithfulness. Of course when you look up faithful, it links you back to loyal. The definition may be slightly circular, but I don't see how supporting your team only when they are winning, or the weather isn't too cold, can be either loyal or faithful.

I'm not a football fan. But, I think those fans who left the game early missed a couple of the best plays of the game. And I do mean plays by the home team. I was out there talking to fans from both teams, and I nearly froze myself solid. I know how cold it was, so I can call the fans who retreated in the face of defeat and weather "wimps."

The good news from the game is reports of bad behavior from Tech fans weren’t evident at the game. One law enforcement officer off the record explained, "hot weather brings out cold beer." I'm sure the cold weather could be part of the reason. The home team also didn't give fans much to cheer about, as one pointed out to me. I walked around and talked to fans from both sides, all parties reported normal trash talk, but little else. After the game, this was confirmed by Tech police, no major problems at the game. Now for today's quote: "The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong." - Dick Van Patten